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2023 ASSEMBLY JOINT RESOLUTIO N 38
May 8, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives ANDRACA, STUBBS, C. ANDERSON, J.
ANDERSON, BALDEH, BARE, CABRERA, CONLEY, CONSIDINE, DONOVAN, DRAKE,
EMERSON, GOYKE, HAYWOOD, JACOBSON, JOERS, MADISON, MCGUIRE, MOORE
OMOKUNDE, MYERS, NEUBAUER, OHNSTAD, ORTIZ-VELEZ, PALMERI, RATCLIFF,
SHELTON, SINICKI, SNODGRASS, SUBECK and VINING, cosponsored by Senators L.
JOHNSON, CARPENTER, ROYS, SPREITZER, AGARD, LARSON, HESSELBEIN, SMITH
and TAYLOR. Referred to Committee on Rules.
***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE***
Relating to: proclaiming June 2, 2023, as Gun Violence Awareness Day in
Wisconsin.
Whereas, the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized that the right to bear arms
under the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is not unlimited and allows
for reasonable restrictions on firearms, including who can have firearms and under
what conditions, where firearms can be carried, and what types of firearms are
permissible; and
Whereas, firearms have become the number one cause of death for children in
the United States and Wisconsin; and
Whereas, on average, every day in the United States approximately 316 people
are injured or killed with guns in murders, assaults, suicides, and accidents; and
Whereas, in Wisconsin, approximately 600 men, women, and children are
killed with guns each year, and 70 percent of whom die as a result of suicide by
firearm; and
Whereas, in Wisconsin, over 1,000 people are wounded each year by guns; and
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Whereas, gun deaths devastate families in urban, rural, and suburban areas;
and
Whereas, while Wisconsin's urban areas are disproportionately affected by gun
homicide, the state's less populated areas experience greater rates of gun suicide;
and
Whereas, gun violence costs our country $557.2 billion in combined direct and
indirect expenses annually; and
Whereas, studies show that gun safety laws save lives and are associated with
lower firearm death rates; and
Whereas, Wisconsin has a long tradition of responsible gun ownership, safe gun
usage, and training to hunt with firearms; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the legislature
hereby proclaims June 2, 2023, as Gun Violence Awareness Day in Wisconsin.
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